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Being British! Or why some of us might not want to!!

chris Posted: 09.11.2006, 11:11

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Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a
Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a
Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch
American shows on a Japanese TV.
And the most British thing of all? Suspicion of anything foreign. Oh
and...... Only in Britain... can a pizza get to your house faster than
an ambulance.


Only in Britain... do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way
to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy
people can buy cigarettes at the front.

Only in Britain... do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries
and a DIET coke.

Only in Britain... do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens
to the counters.

Only in Britain... do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the
drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.

Only in Britain... do we use answering machines to screen calls and
then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't
want to talk to in the first place.

Only in Britain... are there disabled parking places in front of a
skating rink.

NOT TO MENTION...


3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.

142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new
shirts
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porthia1947 Posted: 09.11.2006, 13:23



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icon_lol I like it and it's been past onwards.
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Penwithian_in_California Posted: 10.11.2006, 05:20



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ONLY in Britain? Are you sure about that Chris?
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enzedbrit Posted: 10.11.2006, 22:23



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I remember when the attachment came through with American instead of British. I've been to lots of supermarkets and I've never been to one that is a pharmacy/supermarket, and how many people in Britain have driveways?
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Joe Posted: 12.11.2006, 01:53



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Exactly - so what?

My mate knew of someone who knew someone who got ill off eating a kebab.

Perhaps he shouldn't leave his car in the driveway next time (etc and other ill-informed rot).
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chris Posted: 13.11.2006, 00:36

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QuoteI remember when the attachment came through with American instead of British. I've been to lots of supermarkets and I've never been to one that is a pharmacy/supermarket, and how many people in Britain have driveways?

Interesting - how far down the line and things that apply to the US now apply equally to the UK
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